Look for a replay of the Pecorahearings of the 1930s, with Henry Waxman, John Conyers and Ed Markey sponsoring ritual hangings to further their agenda to control more of the private economy.
He credits Pecora's hearings with heavily influencing Roosevelt's thinking and even the words of his inaugural speech, yet much of this is speculation.
He makes much of the rampant prejudice that Italian-Americans like Pecora faced at the time, and of the contribution of Pecora's hearings to the New Deal's financial laws.